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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A federal district judge in California temporarily blocking the end of legal protection from deportation for 60,000 migrants.
Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco ruling regarding immigrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua given Temporary Protected Status.
The judge's injunction lasting until November 18th when a hearing is scheduled in the lawsuit brought on behalf of the migrants...CBS News USA
WHITE HOUSE ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF GOING TO RUSSIA AFTER HIS VISIT TO ISRAEL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW.
SUCH A VISIT WOULD COME DAYS AHEAD OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AUGUST 8TH DEADLINE FOR RUSSIA REGARDING THE UKRAINE WAR...TASS RUSSIA
STORMS BRINGING HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODS TO THE METROPOLITAN NEW YORK AREA.
110 PASSENGERS RESCUED FROM A COMMUTER TRAIN IN QUEENS.
HUNDREDS OF CANCELLED AIRLINE FLIGHTS DUE TO THE STORMS...ABC 7 NEW YORK BLOG (VIDEO EMBED)
The National Guard presence in Los Angeles to support the illegal immigration crackdown reduced to 250.
That word from the Pentagon with spokesman Sean Parnell saying the Guard troops will be used to protect 'federal personnel and property'...The Hill USA
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT RAISNG TARIFFS ON CANADA TO 35 PERCENT FROM 25 PERCENT EFFECTIVE AT MIDNIGHT.
A SCHEDULE OF HIGHER TARIFFS SET FOR MULTIPLE NATIONS INCLUDING A 41 PERCENT TARIFF ON SYRIA, 39 PERCENT ON SWITZERLAND, IRAQ AND SERBIA AT 35 PERCENT AND ALGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA AT 30 PERCENT...BBC NEWS LIVE BLOG
US President Donald Trump demanding that pharma companies cut drug prices in the next 60 days.
Pharma and health care stocks moved lower this afternoon following Trump's demand...The Hill USA
A US NAVY F-35C FIGHTER JET CRASHED INTO A FIELD FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
THE PILOT EJECTING BEFORE THE CRASH AND IS SAFE.
A FIVE-ACRE FIRE IGNITED THAT TOOK MORE THAN FOUR HOURS TO EXTINGUISH.
AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY...THE HILL USA
A back-and-forth debate between US President Donald Trump and Russia's former President Dmitry Medvedev.
Medvedev, now Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council, drew comments from Trump about 'entering very dangerous territory'.
Medvedev saying in response that the 'nervous reaction from the supposedly mighty President of the United States...means Russia is absolutely right'.
Trump had also said he doesn't care what Russia and India do as far as trading with each other saying 'they can take their dead economies down together'...DD Geopolitics "X"
ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS IN LEBANON.
THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS THE ATTACKS IN THE BEQAA VALLEY AND SOUTHERN LEBANON WERE ON HEZBOLLAH FACILIES MAKING 'STRATEGIC WEAPONS'...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
"SURRENDER AND RELEASE THE HOSTAGES!!!"
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ALL CAPITAL LETTERS MESSAGE ON THE SITUATION IN GAZA EMPHASIZING THE NOTION THAT HAMAS MUST SURRENDER AND RELEASE HOSTAGES.
MR. TRUMP LINKING THIS TO THE NOTION OF ENDING HUMAN SUFFERING NOW GOING ON IN GAZA...TIMES OF ISRAEL
91 MORE PEOPLE SEEKING AID REPORTED KILLED IN GAZA.
MEANWHILE IN ISRAEL PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SPECIAL ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF.
NEWS LEAKS IN THE ISRAELI MEDIA LIKELY FROM PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S GOVERNMENT SAYING WITKOFF WILL VISIT GAZA AID SITES SUPPORTED BY THE US AND ISRAEL...BBC NEWS BLOG
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average 330.30 points or .74 percent.
The NASDAQ down 7.23 points.
At 418 pm New York Time the price of oil lower at 69 dollars 38 cents a barrel down 62 cents or .89 percent...Marketwatch
PRESIDENT TRUMP DELAYING ANY NEW TARIFFS ON MEXICO FOR 90 DAYS ALLOWING TRADE TALKS TO CONTINUE...(NEWS AGENCIES)
"A predator who thought only of herself, she destroyed the lives of girls and young women without conscience.
Virginia always said that Ghislaine Maxwell was vicious and could often be more cruel than Epstein"
A statement from the family of Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre rejecting the notion of any pardon for his imprisoned associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
The family of Giuffre, who passed away earlier this year, saying they were taken aback by comments from President Trump about Giuffre being 'stolen' from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida by Epstein...The Hill USA
AFTER OBJECTIONS FROM WESTERN NATIONS PROVIDING AID TO UKRAINE, UKRAINE'S PARLIAMENT DOING A U-TURN VOTING TO RESTORE THE INDPENDENCE OF ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCIES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The firing of Israel's Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara apparently set for Monday.
She has been summoned for a hearing before cabinet ministers Monday afternoon after which a vote could be held.
The Attorney General has boycotted the process chosen to fire her by the government deeming it illegal.
A justice of Israel's High Court says any firing would be frozen so the court can consider its legality.
Meanwhile it's reported that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to boycott the AG if her firing it ruled illegal...Times of Israel
THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD PROBING THE DEADLY ARMY HELICOPTER COLLISION WITH AN AIRLINER NEAR WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
ONE FINDING IS THAT THE ALTIMETER READING THE CHOPPER'S HEIGHT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ACCURATE.
DEVIATIONS IN THE ALTIMETER READING REVEALED BY NTSB TESTING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The US Senate rejecting an amendment to halt some arms sales to Israel.
The amendment from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders rejected 70-27 with 12 more Democrats switching sides from previous voting for arms sales to Israel to support the Sanders amendment...Israel National News
ABC NEWS IN AUSTRALIA REPORTS THAT LABOR PARTY PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE WANTS TO ANNOUNCE RECOGNITION OF A PALESTINIAN STATE.
FOR ALBANESE THE CHALLENGE IS THE PROPER TIMING FOR AUSTRALIA TO JOIN OTHER NATIONS LIKE CANADA AND FRANCE IN RECOGNITION...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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